PM Boris Johnson announces new India investment deals as partygate debate continues
Mr Johnson arrived in Gujarat, India's fifth-largest state, on Thursday - his first major trip to the country as PM after previous visits were postponed because of Covid.
It is claimed they will be worth £1bn to the British economy, promising 11,000 jobs in the UK as a result. The UK has been trying to persuade India to reduce its reliance on Russia, with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss travelling to the country last month for talks. Of course, the slow burning fuse of the Met's investigation and the eventual publication of Sue Gray's report into Downing Street parties could plunge his premiership into crisis once again.A free trade deal with India will not be signed on this visit, but Mr Johnson said the UK was aiming for one by the end of the year.The prime minister was also very downbeat on the prospects of a negotiated end to the crisis given what he called President Putin's manifest lack of good faith.
But Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer branded his statement as "a joke", while both the SNP and Liberal Democrats reiterated calls for him to resign.
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